stacysound Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Apparently, The COVID has claimed 3 of my NP-1 batteries. Weird. I have never had a NP-1 die, they just last less and less time. When I put the batteries in the JL-2 charger, the indicator turns red, then flashes yellow. I have 2 chargers and both do the same thing. I measure with a meter and they are completely dead. Yes, they sat in the 95° garage for 2 months, but that's nothing new. Thoughts? Ritter Battery here I come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 If they don't cycle down and back up then you gotta do what you gotta do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddsound Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Ritter is closed for good unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAB414 Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Get the Hi-Q's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpro Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Well that's a bummer to hear Ritter is gone. Always did first rate work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 The clincher is that it is probably just one or two of the eight cells inside that has gone south. You might want to talk with Pete V. as he has played with the internals of those -- I don't know if he offers repairs or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacysound Posted July 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Toddsound said: Ritter is closed for good unfortunately. Well Crap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shastapete Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 This is mostly useless – but I saw chatter that some company is starting to re-cell batteries now that ritter is gone... I don't remember any details, but hopefully this is a glimmer of hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacysound Posted July 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 3:03 PM, BAB414 said: Get the Hi-Q's! Looks like I have 3 98wh options - Remote Audio, Inspired Energy and Audioroot with a couple of options. Any advantages of the 3? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAB414 Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 They are all the same. Literally just re-skinned from what I've heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shastapete Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 hours ago, stacysound said: Looks like I have 3 98wh options - Remote Audio, Inspired Energy and Audioroot with a couple of options. Any advantages of the 3? TIA With these batteries there are 3 different manufacturers out there with slightly different, but all compatible, versions. The Inspired Energy NH2054, Remote Audio HI-Q, Sound Devices XL-Smart Battery, and Audioroot eSmart Li-98Wh are all the same batteries OEMed by Inspired Energy in Florida. So just buy the one that you can get the best price on. Audioroot has a new battery, the eSmart Li-96neo which is a 96Wh version that has an OLED battery display, as far as I can tell, they had them built to the same smart battery standard as Inspired Energy in China. The last version is the RRC2054-2 made by RRC which is a 6.90Ah / 99.40Wh version that has a few minor differences, but is to the same battery format spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacysound Posted July 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 15 hours ago, Shastapete said: With these batteries there are 3 different manufacturers out there with slightly different, but all compatible, versions. The Inspired Energy NH2054, Remote Audio HI-Q, Sound Devices XL-Smart Battery, and Audioroot eSmart Li-98Wh are all the same batteries OEMed by Inspired Energy in Florida. So just buy the one that you can get the best price on. Audioroot has a new battery, the eSmart Li-96neo which is a 96Wh version that has an OLED battery display, as far as I can tell, they had them built to the same smart battery standard as Inspired Energy in China. The last version is the RRC2054-2 made by RRC which is a 6.90Ah / 99.40Wh version that has a few minor differences, but is to the same battery format spec. This is what I needed. Thanks Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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